TMC
12-27-2014, 10:00 PM
http://lebeauleblog.com/2014/12/27/what-the-hell-happened-to-madeleine-stowe/
Madeleine Stowe was a rising star in the late 80s and early 90s. She worked with A-list directors like Tony Scott, Michael Mann, Robert Altman and Terry Gilliam. Stowe seemed destined for a long and distinguished career as a leading lady. And then, poof, she vanished. In the mid-nineties, her movie career cooled off. It warmed up briefly in the late 90s, but ended just a few short years later.
What the hell happened?
But wait a second, you say. Stowe is on the TV show Revenge. She looks fantastic and was nominated for a Golden Globe. That’s what the hell happened to her. Fair enough. Pre-2011, Stowe was high on my WTHH list. But since she’s been on a network TV show, I’ve had her on the WTHH backburner. But people still ask about her. A lot. So we’re going to go ahead and cover Stowe’s career even though she’s had a pretty impressive resurgence. The question is, what the hell happened to Stowe’s movie career?
http://lebeauleblog.com/2014/12/27/what-the-hell-happened-to-madeleine-stowe/8/
In 2011, Stowe starred in the pulpy TV soap opera, Revenge (no relation to the 1990 movie starring Stowe and Kevin Costner)
Emily VanCamp stars as a woman seeking revenge (d’uh) on the people responsible for framing her father for treason. Stowe plays the matriarch of the wealthy Grayson family and the primary target of VanCamp’s vengeance. The show has been a hit on ABC and Stowe was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress. She lost to Claire Daines who won for Homeland.
So what the hell happened?
It’s an unfortunate reality that actresses are often forced to choose between family and career. Stowe showed early on where her priorities were. Shortly after marrying Brian Benben, Stowe took off work for two years. After the birth of their daughter in 1996, Stowe was absent from the screen for two more years. In 2003, Stowe seemed to retire. She and her family moved to a ranch in Texas. After her daughter was grown, Stowe returned to television.
Stowe appeared in some pretty popular movies during the 90s. Unlawful Entry, The Last of the Mohicans and Twelve Monkeys were all hits. Short Cuts was very well-reviewed. But none of those movies were Madeleine Stowe movies. The movies in which she had the starring role were movies like Blink and Bad Girls which just didn’t make much of an impact. If those movies had been more popular, perhaps Stowe’s absences from the screen would have had less of an impact on her career.
Instead, Stowe’s career lost momentum pretty quickly. She was still able to get work in movies like The General’s Daughter and We Were Soldiers. But by then her chance at A-list stardom had passed. Once she found herself stuck in direct-to-video dreck like Avenging Angelo and Octane, Stowe made the sensible choice to spend more time with her family.
Fortunately, Stowe’s career has found a second life on TV. Although its doubtful that Revenge can carry on too much longer, one suspects Stowe will continue finding work on TV for the foreseeable future.
Madeleine Stowe was a rising star in the late 80s and early 90s. She worked with A-list directors like Tony Scott, Michael Mann, Robert Altman and Terry Gilliam. Stowe seemed destined for a long and distinguished career as a leading lady. And then, poof, she vanished. In the mid-nineties, her movie career cooled off. It warmed up briefly in the late 90s, but ended just a few short years later.
What the hell happened?
But wait a second, you say. Stowe is on the TV show Revenge. She looks fantastic and was nominated for a Golden Globe. That’s what the hell happened to her. Fair enough. Pre-2011, Stowe was high on my WTHH list. But since she’s been on a network TV show, I’ve had her on the WTHH backburner. But people still ask about her. A lot. So we’re going to go ahead and cover Stowe’s career even though she’s had a pretty impressive resurgence. The question is, what the hell happened to Stowe’s movie career?
http://lebeauleblog.com/2014/12/27/what-the-hell-happened-to-madeleine-stowe/8/
In 2011, Stowe starred in the pulpy TV soap opera, Revenge (no relation to the 1990 movie starring Stowe and Kevin Costner)
Emily VanCamp stars as a woman seeking revenge (d’uh) on the people responsible for framing her father for treason. Stowe plays the matriarch of the wealthy Grayson family and the primary target of VanCamp’s vengeance. The show has been a hit on ABC and Stowe was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress. She lost to Claire Daines who won for Homeland.
So what the hell happened?
It’s an unfortunate reality that actresses are often forced to choose between family and career. Stowe showed early on where her priorities were. Shortly after marrying Brian Benben, Stowe took off work for two years. After the birth of their daughter in 1996, Stowe was absent from the screen for two more years. In 2003, Stowe seemed to retire. She and her family moved to a ranch in Texas. After her daughter was grown, Stowe returned to television.
Stowe appeared in some pretty popular movies during the 90s. Unlawful Entry, The Last of the Mohicans and Twelve Monkeys were all hits. Short Cuts was very well-reviewed. But none of those movies were Madeleine Stowe movies. The movies in which she had the starring role were movies like Blink and Bad Girls which just didn’t make much of an impact. If those movies had been more popular, perhaps Stowe’s absences from the screen would have had less of an impact on her career.
Instead, Stowe’s career lost momentum pretty quickly. She was still able to get work in movies like The General’s Daughter and We Were Soldiers. But by then her chance at A-list stardom had passed. Once she found herself stuck in direct-to-video dreck like Avenging Angelo and Octane, Stowe made the sensible choice to spend more time with her family.
Fortunately, Stowe’s career has found a second life on TV. Although its doubtful that Revenge can carry on too much longer, one suspects Stowe will continue finding work on TV for the foreseeable future.